UI Game Artist

Summary

Join SOFTGAMES as a UI Game Artist and contribute your artistic skills to our new tile puzzle game. You will be the sole UI artist on a small, agile team, responsible for designing and creating visually appealing UI components. Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure seamless integration of visual elements, maintaining consistency and optimizing assets for performance. This remote position offers flexible working hours and a competitive benefits package, including remote work options, generous vacation time, home office allowance, and professional development opportunities. If you have a passion for casual games and a strong portfolio showcasing your skills in creating game assets, specifically puzzle game elements, boosters, blockers, and UI components, apply now!

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Game Artist, with a focus on casual (preferably puzzle) games, with at least 1 shipped game and 3+ years of experience
• Strong portfolio showcasing your skills in creating game assets, specifically puzzle game elements, boosters, blockers, and UI components
• Fully proficient working with Unity
• Proficiency in digital painting and illustration software (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma)
• Solid understanding of color theory, composition, and visual communication
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to take direction and constructive feedback
• Passion for casual games and a keen eye for engaging visual design

Responsibilities

• Be the sole UI artist of a small, agile team, and own all related work
• Design and create visually appealing and user-friendly UI components for core gameplay including puzzle elements, boosters, blockers, and user interface components , for core gameplay, in-game events, and meta-game features
• Collaborate closely with game designers and developers to ensure seamless integration of visual elements
• Maintain consistency in visual style, ensuring assets are polished and aligned with the game’s overall aesthetic
• Optimize assets for performance without compromising visual quality
• Provide creative solutions to design challenges and iterate based on feedback from the team
• Implement and iterate on graphical UI elements in Unity

Preferred Qualifications

2D animation in Spine, or similar softwares

Benefits

• Remote first - We have a flexible working setup. Either fully remote wherever you are or on-site in our modern office in central Berlin - You decide
• Flexible working hours - Structure your working hours to your needs. No crunch, no overtime!
• Generous vacation regulation no matter where you are!
• Home office allowance - Working from home but something is missing? We offer a budget to make your home office as productive as possible
• Further Training - Everyone at SOFTGAMES is offered training opportunities to strengthen their skills or learn something new!
• Studio - We’re a remote-first company but also offer a super modern office with state-of-the-art tech, based in the center of Berlin
• Equipment - Choose between a MacBook Pro or Lenovo Laptop
• Meal allowances - A monthly budget is additionally granted to be spent for your lunches
• Monthly extra grant for home office electricity + internet costs
• Swag - Enjoy our stylish Hoodies, Bags, Mugs, etc
• Offsite Retreats - Twice a year the entire company gets together to learn, share ideas, focus on the future, and celebrate our successes. Our events in general are epic but our off-site Retreat is one of a kind